[After saying that the influenza is now an epidemic outbreak, but not a pandemic, Health Secretary Jose Angel Cordova admitted that he still doesn't have mortality statistics for the nation, but says this contagious disease has affected at least 7 states in the country.]

[The secretary promised to maintain a nationwide preventive alert until the number of flu cases drops sharply. He confirmed that in less than a month, 20 persons perished from this illness and contradicted the IMSS data because the 22 detected deaths on the weekend were caused by respiratory diseases, but not necessarily by influenza.]

What a strange day: A new flu in Mexico, a new flu in the US, a probable H5N1 death in Indonesia, and another H5N1 death in Egypt.

[After saying that the influenza is now an epidemic outbreak, but not a pandemic, Health Secretary Jose Angel Cordova admitted that he still doesn't have mortality statistics for the nation, but says this contagious disease has affected at least 7 states in the country.]

[The secretary promised to maintain a nationwide preventive alert until the number of flu cases drops sharply. He confirmed that in less than a month, 20 persons perished from this illness and contradicted the IMSS data because the 22 detected deaths on the weekend were caused by respiratory diseases, but not necessarily by influenza.]

What a strange day: A new flu in Mexico, a new flu in the US, a probable H5N1 death in Indonesia, and another H5N1 death in Egypt.